Tzafrir hi,
Thanks, it helped to clarify some of my mistakes.
I'm still configuring the Asterisk box - not easy at all...
Anyway, after finishing the configuration process, I will post an arranged
message to the list. I'm sure it gonna help to many users.
Eran
On 10/20/07, Tzafrir Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Oct 17, 2007 at 11:27:59AM +0200, Ohad Levy wrote:
> > the PRI context
> > [from-pri]
> > X_.,1,answer
> > X_.,n,dial(SIP/[EMAIL PROTECTED])
>
> This must be a copy/paste error. I figure you meant:
>
> [from-pri]
> _X.,1,answer
> _X.,n,dial(SIP/[EMAIL PROTECTED])
>
> ("_X." rather than "X_."). A "_" at the beginning of the extension name
> means it should be parsed as a pattern extension. This gives special
> meaning to "X", "." and others.
>
> So the above mean:
>
> 1. First-off answer the call
> 2. Now attempt to connect it to a specific SIP destination.
>
> Automatically answering an incoming call may not be the best idea.
> Suppose that the destination phone was busy. You still told the PRI
> provider that the call was accepted, and hence the call will be charged.
>
> Dial will answer calls when it is able to connect it with the
> destination, so an explicit Answer() is not required.
>
>
> Ido already gave some comments about a better usage of SIP peers rather
> than mearly "[EMAIL PROTECTED]", so I'll assume you have a peer set up
> for that destination, called "dest-peer". In that case you could use:
>
> Dial(SIP/dest-peer)
>
> instead. This allows a better definition of codecs and such. You may
> also want to dial an explicit number to the destination. For example:
>
> Dial(SIP/dest-peer/${EXTEN})
>
> (this dials there the number that was dialed to you, in case you have
> more than one)
>
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Thanks,
Eran
